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Parallels Announces Support for Docker Applications on Parallels Containers
[December 10, 2014]

Parallels Announces Support for Docker Applications on Parallels Containers


Parallels today announced an update to its containers-based virtualization solution, Parallels Cloud Server, that introduces native support for Docker application deployment. Service providers can deliver container-based virtual private servers to the growing number of developers building Docker applications. Parallels Cloud Server will offer a secure and high-density virtual server environment that equips service providers to compete with large public cloud providers on price and performance in this rapidly emerging market.

"Service providers want to meet the needs of customers and customers want to run Docker applications," said James Bottomley, chief technology officer, Virtualization, Parallels. "A challenge customers face today is running Docker images in a virtualized environment based on a hypervisor. This takes a core benefit of Docker - that the applications run in containers at higher density and performance - and reduces that benefit considerably. With Parallels solution, the service provider can offer the customer an environment where Docker is running on top of Parallels Cloud Server continers-based virtual machines for optimal performance and at high-density."



Service providers have made Parallels containers the most deployed in the world with over one million instances, establishing Parallels container-based products as proven alternatives to hypervisor-based virtual machines. These service providers can now quickly launch offers supporting Docker developers while maintaining the management tools and expertise they have developed on their Parallels platform. For service providers and others new to containers-based virtualization, the new Docker support makes Parallels Cloud Server a compelling solution as a scalable and proven platform for expanded offerings from VPS to managed IaaS.

"The growing number of developers building Docker-based applications is a ripe market opportunity with plenty of upside that service providers should be keen to capture," said Philbert Shih, managing director, Structure Research. "But in a highly competitive market, the challenge will be how to attract customers while maintaining aggressive yet profitable price points. The answer lies in building an optimized infrastructure environment that is dense and scales, while being able to maintain high levels of performance and facilitate portability of workloads."


"Support for Docker applications on Parallels Containers will be an innovative addition to our stack of services," said Laurens van Alphen, infrastructure architect, Keenondots. "Our customers are using Docker and we will have the ability to offer them the benefits of container density and better performance than competitors using hypervisors-based virtual machines."

The update to Parallels Cloud Server will be available in the first quarter of 2015.

About Parallels

Parallels® provides the platform for service providers to sell and deliver great cloud services to businesses worldwide and cross-platform solutions. Parallels began operations in 2000 and has developed into a fast-growing software company with more than 900 employees across offices in North America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia.

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